1945 Indianapolis Indians Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-63
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Bill Burwell (90-63)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 229,145, Avg. 2,995

1945 Indianapolis Indians Roster

Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 4 games, Indianapolis Indians 2

The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1945 season with a record of 90 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the AA.

The Indians allowed 630 runs, least in the league. Indianapolis plated 756 runs. Stan Wentzel paced the team with 14 home runs and drove in 103 runs, while leading all regular hitters with a .321 average. Lefty Wallace topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 1.83 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1945 Indianapolis Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Stan Wentzel, Heinie Heltzel, Ben Geraghty, Tom Earley, Woody Rich, Bob Brady, Joe Mack, Hal Schacker, Dave Odom, Ira Hutchinson, George Detore, Norm Wallen, Art Parks, Eddie Morgan, Vince Shupe, Steve Shemo, Gil English, Lefty Wallace, Wes Flowers, Ben Cardoni, Russ Lyon, Bob Logan, Ed Wright, George Jeffcoat and Jess Pike.

Bill Burwell served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Lefty Wallace	17	4	.810	1.83	25	22	3	15	7		177.0	153	49	36		58		124	1	1	3
Ed Wright	13	5	.722	3.08	20	18	2	12	2		146.0	118	53	50		54		51	5	1	3
Wes Flowers	13	12	.520	4.34	41	26	9	12	4		201.0	212	106	97		89		84	1	0	5
Pedro Jimenez	11	6	.647	3.77	39	16	17	9	0		160.0	175	78	67		58		59	4	0	4
Harry Durheim	8	3	.727	3.76	21	9	8	3	1		79.0	85	46	33		42		30	2	1	1
Glen Fletcher	8	6	.571	3.38	20	13	5	6	2		104.0	97	50	39		59		55	0	1	3
George Jeffcoat	7	6	.538	3.63	29	12	12	5	3		104.0	108	54	42		52		43	5	0	2
Woody Rich	6	4	.600	4.56	18	11	7	3	0		73.0	82	42	37		38		47	6	0	4
Tom Earley	2	2	.500	6.94	10			0	0		35.0	51	32	27		11		10	0	0	1
Ira Hutchinson	2	6	.250	4.76	11	10	1	3	0		70.0	76	43	37		29		24	1	0	0
Bob Logan	1	1	.500	2.57	4	3	1	1	0		21.0	19	9	6		14		0	0	0	0
Dave Odom	0	0		0.00	4			0	0		7.0	3				6		2
Alfred Haines	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		1.0	3				0		0
Walter Dickerson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	2	1			1		1		1	1
Frank Wilkie	0	0		0.00	3			0	0		9.0	6				9		2
Lee Hazel	0	0		0.00	1			0	0		2.0	2				0		3
Hal Schacker	0	2	.000	5.73	5			0	0		11.0	13	8	7		5		5	1	0	0
Mike Roscoe	0	2	.000	15.43	5	2	1	1	0		14.0	26	25	24		13		2	0	0	0
Totals	88	59	.599	3.72	258	142	67	70	19	0	1215.0	1231	596	502	0	538	0	542	26	5	27	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Stan Wentzel	154	632	574	102	184	35	11	14	103	30		48	75	.321	.375	.493	.868	283	11	2	8
Art Parks	138	593	513	104	160	27	4	8	68	0		76	29	.312	.401	.427	.828	219	17	0	4
Gil English	137	557	504	81	144	26	6	9	97	2		48	37	.286	.349	.415	.764	209	12	1	4
Heinie Heltzel	142	571	496	64	125	24	1	5	48	2		59	56	.252	.336	.335	.671	166	12	4	12
Ben Geraghty	117	489	411	63	111	11	5	0	25	5		69	41	.270	.380	.321	.701	132	12	4	5
Bob Brady	116	430	387	40	109	17	8	1	63	2		35	35	.282	.344	.375	.719	145	7	2	6
Joe Mack	80	345	279	56	93	15	1	5	46	0		55	37	.333	.445	.448	.893	125	2	1	10
Vince Shupe	73	317	295	47	93	15	10	3	47	2		18	15	.315	.357	.464	.821	137	3	1	3
George Detore	78	215	186	19	44	5	0	1	22	2		25	17	.237	.330	.280	.610	52	9	1	3
Norm Wallen	58	175	157	12	38	3	0	2	16	1		11	21	.242	.300	.299	.599	47	1	2	5
Steve Shemo	35	122	105	20	31	7	1	0	10	3		15	9	.295	.388	.381	.769	40	0	1	1
Jess Pike	22	82	72	10	24	1	1	1	15	1		9	8	.333	.415	.417	.831	30	2	1	0
Pedro Jimenez	47	77	75	7	24	7	0	0	8	0		1	7	.320	.329	.413	.742	31	3	0	1
Ed Wright	21	66	62	12	19	3	0	0	8	0		2	2	.306	.328	.355	.683	22	3	0	2
Thomas Davis	24	79	65	6	14	3	0	0	6	1		12	12	.215	.346	.262	.608	17	1	1	1
Wes Flowers	41	79	73	9	14	6	0	0	6	0		3	10	.192	.224	.274	.498	20	0	0	3
Frank Wilkie	31	63	56	10	12	3	0	0	6	1		7	25	.214	.302	.268	.569	15	0	0	0
Lefty Wallace	30	79	68	11	12	3	1	0	2	0		7	21	.176	.253	.250	.503	17	1	0	4
Bob Fletcher	14	53	44	5	10	1	2	0	9	1		8	5	.227	.346	.341	.687	15	0	0	1
Glen Fletcher	20	41	40	3	9	2	0	0	2	0		1	4	.225	.244	.275	.519	11	1	0	0
Harry Durheim	21	26	20	3	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	1	.300	.364	.300	.664	6	0	0	4
Woody Rich	18	30	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	0		4	2	.250	.357	.292	.649	7	1	0	2
Ira Hutchinson	11	26	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.174	.240	.174	.414	4	0	0	1
George Jeffcoat	29	39	38	0	4	1	0	0	3	0		0	10	.105	.105	.132	.237	5	0	0	1
Tom Earley	10	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	0
Bob Logan	4	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Mike Roscoe	5	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Odom	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lee Hazel	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Hal Schacker	5	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1486	5219	4600	689	1295	216	51	49	613	53	0	517	486	.282	.357	.383	.739	1760	98	21	81	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Mack	1B	80	676	63	11	64	.985	9.238
Vince Shupe	1B	73	652	42	6	54	.991	9.507
Ben Geraghty	2B	116	310	305	13	74	.979	5.302
Steve Shemo	2B	23	63	49	6	22	.949	4.870
Bob Fletcher	2B	14	21	38	3	1	.952	4.214
Gil English	3B	114	118	256	12	30	.969	3.281
Norm Wallen	3B	51	45	89	4	9	.971	2.627
Bob Brady	C	107	477	104	15	17	.975	5.430	13
George Detore	C	52	201	34	4	4	.983	4.519	2
Stan Wentzel	OF	154	379	17	10	4	.975	2.571
Art Parks	OF	133	233	6	7	2	.972	1.797
Gil English	OF	26	35	0	0	0	1.000	1.346
Thomas Davis	OF	22	25	1	3	1	.897	1.182
Jess Pike	OF	20	25	1	1	0	.963	1.300
Wes Flowers	P	41	10	51	2	3	.968	1.488
Pedro Jimenez	P	39	8	37	1	2	.978	1.154
George Jeffcoat	P	29	16	19	2	1	.946	1.207
Lefty Wallace	P	25	8	36	4	1	.917	1.760
Harry Durheim	P	21	3	18	2	1	.913	1.000
Ed Wright	P	20	9	36	1	3	.978	2.250
Glen Fletcher	P	20	4	24	4	2	.875	1.400
Woody Rich	P	18	1	11	1	1	.923	.667
Ira Hutchinson	P	11	3	12	2	3	.882	1.364
Tom Earley	P	10	2	5	0	1	1.000	.700
Hal Schacker	P	5						.000
Mike Roscoe	P	5						.000
Dave Odom	P	4						.000
Bob Logan	P	4						.000
Frank Wilkie	P	3						.000
Lee Hazel	P	1						.000
Alfred Haines	P	1						.000
Walter Dickerson	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Heinie Heltzel	SS	141	231	401	46	70	.932	4.482
Frank Wilkie	SS	14	25	27	3	7	.945	3.714
Totals		1398	3580	1683	163	377	.970	3.765	15	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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